had original version, went out bought new game"legendary edition" with the mods.(hearthfire,dragonborn..etc) cant get the new content to work i've reached the required level and did what the piece of paper in the game box said to do regarging the dragonborn mod.......i erased the original game and reinstalled with the legendary edition but it just works like the original game?.....help me please somebody......thanks

When you launch the game there is a splash screen with a "data files" option. Click that and make sure all the DLCs are ticked. That is the most common cause of this problem. If that isn't the solution then post again.

When you click on the game, then Data Files do the Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn .esm files show up at the top? Have you any other mods installed? We'll start with those. And you may want to download Boss from nexus and run it if you have other mods.

Did not see the other thread.......... did the data files there was nothing to tick there......did the verifing files in local tab as well got a message stating that 1 files failed to validate & will be reaquired

Every single game I have ever bought in 25+ years has worked. So there's something you're not doing right. I dunno, all out of ideas, but did you have problems with the original digital download?..

I've had no real problems either till now and I been playing computer games since the Comodore 64 days "27" years also the 8088 & 8086 days and that's been 21 years when "DOS" was the premier OS ...... So i know how to install software (Pulling out what hair I have left) :-( . This here is just a nightmare "STEAM" driven nightmare I believe... The original and the legendary edition were both retail versions not downoads so it wouldn't be messed up files do to a less than perfect downoad......Losing hope.....I miss the good ole days

Did not see the other thread.......... did the data files there was nothing to tick there......did the verifing files in local tab as well got a message stating that 1 files failed to validate & will be reaquired

Do you mean all files were ticked? Or that there were no files there to see. And again, load order is important even for the DLCs.

Did not see the other thread.......... did the data files there was nothing to tick there......did the verifing files in local tab as well got a message stating that 1 files failed to validate & will be reaquired

Do you mean all files were ticked? Or that there were no files there to see. And again, load order is important even for the DLCs.

there was no files to see......uninstalled steam and skyrim and reinstalled both just few min ago about to start playing again to see if dragonborn....etc will work now....thanks for help everybody(CROSSING FINGERS)

I'm just guessing...on a long shot...that the bundle hasn't been registered....

This didn't occur to me but it seems possible (nothing said so far excludes it).

Busta: In the box should be a CD-key, have you entered this into Steam (click "add a game" in the bottom left corner of Steam followed by "activate a product..." and follow the instructions from there).

Also, this would be a little less confusing if you used the correct terms. Mods are user-created content. Dragonborn, Dawnguard and Hearthfires are all DLCs. Sorry to sound pedantic but I've been wrong-footed a few times by the incorrected usage of these terms.

those 2 things might just be the problem.....it didn't ask me for the cd key i thought that was funny but didn't argue about it...thought it was because of the original installation....didnt know i had to register it either.....in the past games just asked for the cd key even if you had the original and bought a upgtraded version and most did not require you to register it.....bad thing is i don't know what is normal & what is not with STEAM. I hate it actually but if i want to play skyrim i have to deal with it i guess......also sorry about mod vs DLC confusion i was calling it mods because it came from a disk and not downloaded but thanks for the info cause I hate mis-labeling something..........Dan,Steve thank you both for your help and the others as well I'm off to do those things and hopefully will be enjoying the new content soon......THANKS-A-BUNCH